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Bach visits FEI World Eventing Championships on good day for Germany

  • Equestrian

International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach visited Pratoni del Vivaro for the penultimate day of the International Equestrian Federation (FEI) World Eventing Championships, with his native Germany taking control of the team standings.

call for equestrian sports to be removed from the Olympics after the scandal in the women's modern pentathlon


Schormann insists UIPM "on the right track" after third test event of obstacle, which could feature at LA 2028

  • Modern Pentathlon

International Modern Pentathlon Union (UIPM) President Klaus Schormann has insisted that the governing

Riding is set to be axed from modern pentathlon after Paris 2024, and the sport, along with boxing and

What we saw from the athletes who took part in this third test event of the new pentathlon discipline

closer towards selecting obstacle as the sport's fifth discipline, fierce criticism remains from the Pentathlon

Today is Pierre de Courbertin day.Pierre de Coubertin, is the father of the Olympic Modern Pentathlon

Riding, Fencing, Shooting, Running & Swimming. https://t.co/uk6bG8Msh3#savepentathlon#keepriding— Pentathlon



Americans remain bitter about basketball defeat 50 years ago

  • The Big Read

On a grassy bank outside the Olympic Stadium in Munich, a series of plaques record the name of every gold medallist at the 1972 Games.

decision of the IOC earlier this year to reinstate Jim Thorpe as the sole champion for the 1912 Olympic pentathlon


Danish NF claims staging UIPM Congress online an "absurd situation", as UIPM defends decision

  • Modern Pentathlon

The International Modern Pentathlon Union's (UIPM) decision to stage its Congress online this year has

faced stern criticism from the Modern Pentathlon Association of Denmark (MPADK), which has called on

discipline ©Getty ImagesThis year's UIPM Congress is expected to feature a pivotal vote on the modern pentathlon

, this was dismissed by the CAS in July.Advocates of the new fifth discipline argue it makes modern pentathlon


IOC Executive Board approves Paris 2024 venue changes, but "no definitive decision" on basketball

  • Paris 2024

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) Executive Board has approved a series of changes to the planned venues for Paris 2024, with moves of the shooting venue and the Main Press Centre among those rubber-stamped, although "no definitive decision" has been taken on basketball.

Open.The North Paris Arena has also been confirmed as the venue for the fencing ranking round of modern pentathlon


Paris 2024 update set to feature on day one of IOC Executive Board meeting

  • Paris 2024

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) Executive Board is poised to stage its fifth meeting of the year here tomorrow and on Friday (September 9), with an update on Paris 2024 set to be provided.

place is at risk from Los Angeles 2028, having been left off the initial programme along with modern pentathlon

unopposed by Umar Kremlev.Tests of the obstacle discipline have been held by the International Modern Pentathlon


UIPM fourth test event for obstacle set to be held alongside Junior World Championships

  • Modern Pentathlon

The International Modern Pentathlon Union's (UIPM) fourth test event for the obstacle discipline is set

the final test event of the year for obstacle before a vote at the online UIPM Congress on the modern pentathlon

the programme remains in jeopardy.The test event is due to be staged by the UIPM and Polish Modern Pentathlon

New #Pentathlon Discipline#throwback to the #Obstacle Discipline test event that took place in Manila

Oct 7-8 pic.twitter.com/PEsffvrxN4— UIPM - World Pentathlon (@WorldPentathlon) August 31, 2022However

, Pentathlon United has queried the results of the UIPM's survey from the second test event, claiming


Chilean NOC calls on clubs to help create new National Federations for three sports

  • PASO

Committee (COCH) has urged clubs here to help establish new National Federations for kendo, modern pentathlon

to a decision made earlier this month to disaffiliate from the Chilean Kendo Federation, the Modern Pentathlon

Chile's capital Santiago is preparing to stage next year's Pan American and Parapan American Games.Modern pentathlon



UIPM proposes laser-run for inclusion at Victoria 2026 Commonwealth Games

  • Victoria 2026

The International Modern Pentathlon Union (UIPM) has proposed laser-run for inclusion at the 2026 Commonwealth

Laser-run is a combination of two of the five disciplines that make up modern pentathlon but the UIPM

Confederation, added: "Laser-run is the exciting culmination of every modern pentathlon competition

I am happy that pentathlon has been in for the upcoming Mediterranean Beach Games, and it shows that

UIPM is going in the right direction and Pentathlon is getting more popular in the world," said UIPM

I hope to see pentathlon in all continental and regional Games in the future as one of the main pillars



Three National Federations disaffiliated by Chilean Olympic Committee

  • PASO

Three National Federations have been disaffiliated from the Chilean Olympic Committee (COCH) having failed to "receive resources from the state for a period of one year".

sever ties with the Chilean Hockey and Skating Federation, the Chilean Kendo Federation and the Modern Pentathlon

can be represented in International Federations until new bodies are affiliated to the COCH.Modern pentathlon

Chile's capital Santiago preparing to stage next year's Pan American and Parapan American Games.Modern pentathlon


Turkish Modern Pentathlon Federation chief fears for sport if axed from Olympics

  • Modern Pentathlon

Turkish Modern Pentathlon Federation President Veli Ozan Çakır has expressed his fears for the future

Çakır has said he is concerned that modern pentathlon will lose "a lot of athletes and countries" if

I am sure it will be very exciting for modern pentathlon."

I am sure the new format of modern pentathlon will do a lot for the Olympic Games."

Modern pentathlon is not like other sports."

The replacement for show jumping will increase the number of countries in modern pentathlon."


Istanbul preparing "best" plan yet for 2036 Olympics bid after past failures

  • Olympics

A key official behind Istanbul’s bid for the 2036 Olympics and Paralympics believes bureaucrats are putting together their "best" plan yet to stage the Games after previous failed attempts.

Çakır, who is also head of the Turkish Modern Pentathlon Federation, said staging the Olympics and Paralympics